Whoa, that is fascinating, Dana!
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Aug 24, 2017 12:36:37 pm PDT #24735 of 28220
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Aug 24, 2017 2:28:45 pm PDT #24736 of 28220
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The NYT has taken it off the list now.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2017 10:35:21 am PDT #24737 of 28220
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I haven't read the Toby Daye books yet, but the fact that there are so many make me happy. I love starting a series with a bunch of books ahead of me.
You really should. I found the first book a bit hard to take because there was a lot of world building involved (I read it again after I'd finished the series so far and enjoyed it much more), but stick with it. It gets really good especially in a "create your own family" kind of way.
-t - Aug 25, 2017 11:24:17 am PDT #24738 of 28220
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
When I read Rosemary & Rue (that's the first one, right?) I got the sample first and then bought the book and kept reading only the sample was not the first chapter so I was SO CONFUSED because I just went on from where the sample ended and it sure seemed like I was missing a lot of information and there were all these references to things happening that I had no idea about... Eventually figured it out. So, um, don't do that, I guess?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2017 11:37:53 am PDT #24739 of 28220
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes, that's the first one. And Seanan (?) admitted somewhere that her first version of the book was not good. Reading it now, I love it. But it wasn't until May showed up that I fell in love with the series. I keep re-reading bits and pieces that I love (though I'm pretty sure I just re-read the entire of Red Rose Chain) apart from the last few chapters. I do find it amusing for some reason that the running gag is that Toby gets drenched with blood in almost every book; usually her own.
-t - Aug 25, 2017 11:42:27 am PDT #24740 of 28220
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I love that. It's just so right.
Atropa - Aug 25, 2017 11:58:05 am PDT #24741 of 28220
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't read the Toby Daye books yet, either, and I'm behind on the Incrypdid series. Predictably, my favorite character(s) are the Aeslin mice.
-t - Aug 25, 2017 12:13:55 pm PDT #24742 of 28220
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
HAIL
Toddson - Aug 25, 2017 12:35:54 pm PDT #24743 of 28220
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pix - Aug 25, 2017 4:03:20 pm PDT #24744 of 28220
The status is NOT quo.
I pretty much love everything Seanan McGuire writes and consume it as soon as it's finished. For anyone starting the Toby Daye books, though, be aware that the writing gets a lot better after the first book. That may have been her first book, actually. I just know that I wasn't sold at first and fell in love with the series after I read 2 and 3.